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I can’t believe I haven’t written very much about candle making! I’m not an expert on the topic by any means, but I’ve made more than my fair share of votives, tea lights, and wax tarts over the last 12 years, so I thought I’d share some of my formulas and ideas! Let’s take a...
On Tuesday, we made it to the base formula for making pH balanced shampoo bars using ingredients that’d keep the pH in the right range for our hair of pH 4 to 7. Let’s take a look at some potential modifications for that formula. Here are the links we’ll be using as we make these...
At the HSCG conference in Las Vegas last year, I did a few instructional videos. Here’s the second one about making a lip scrub with just three ingredients! Click here for my instructional video! If you want more information, check out these posts… Yummy pear coconut lip scrub Jojoba and peppermint lip scrub Plumping peppermint...
Can you tell I’m off work for the week? I’ve created a new SnapGuide visual tutorial on making soy candle wax tarts! I starting making these when my massage therapist mentioned how much she loved the idea but hated the fragrance choices, and I was so happy to see Voyageur Soap & Candle had the...
This lying in bed in pain thing is really working for me! I’ve created another visual tutorial, making whipped butters, which you can find on SnapGuide. I have a few more ideas, but I’d like to know what you think would work as a visual tutorial. Let me know!...